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Overview of verb smother

The verb smother has 5 senses


  • smother, surround -- (envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy")

  • smother, asphyxiate, suffocate -- (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor")

  • smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")

  • smother -- (form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake")

  • smother, put out -- (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires")


Overview of adj smothering

The adj smothering has 1 sense


  • smothering, suffocating, suffocative -- (causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless")